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Bob James
real name Robert McElhiney James
Bob James is credited on 3,789 releases across 703 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
3,789
Credits
703
Albums
8
Decades active
885
In collections
Biography
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American keyboardist, singer, songwriter, producer and music arranger. He was born December 25, 1939 in Marshall, Missouri. Father of singer / songwriter Hilary James. The longest stint with a record label he had was with Warner Bros. Records, from 1985 to 2003.
He has the distinction of having all of his Tappan Zee/Columbia and CTI albums released on his current label, as well as having them, along with some of his Warner Bros. catalogue (including Fourplay albums) reissued on Evosound.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
3,789 releases · 703 albums · active 1959–2025
- Performance · 8,968
- Other credits · 851
- Production · 834
- Engineering · 27
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · A&R Studios · Mediasound · Soundmixers, New York City
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Midnight Marauders
1993
Still Crazy After All These Years
1975
De La Soul Is Dead
1991
There Goes Rhymin' Simon
1973
Ironman
1996
It Was Written
1996
Greatest Hits, Etc.
1977
Blowout Comb
1994
Mister Magic
1975
The George Benson Collection
1981
Touchdown
1978
Heads
1977
One
1974
At. Long. Last. A$AP
2015
The Sun Rises In The East
1994
Inner City Blues
1971
Three
1976
Body Heat
1974
United
2000
Smokers Delight
1995
Nightwatch
1978
Beautiful Noise
1976
Two
1975
The Other Side Of Abbey Road
1970
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